In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City